“She came out to us two weeks before her senior year of high school. When she came out to us it was a complete surprise.”

Most parents with transgender or gender expansive children have their coming out stories to share. Agnes tells about her daughter’s coming out as transgender, and how she found support to help her be a better parent for her child.

“When we went to the support group there were other parents of teenagers there so that kind of reassured us that maybe this isn’t an anomaly.”

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